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A resume for a General Internal Medicine Physician needs to show the work itself: diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Day to day that means work like this: analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient; treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • IM Physician
  • Internist
  • Medical Doctor
  • MD
  • Physician
  • Doctor
  • Gastroenterologist
  • General Internist
  • Internal Medicine Doctor
  • Primary Care Physician
  • Internal Medicine PCP
  • Endocrinologist
  • Endocrinology Physician
  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • General Internal Medicine Doctor
  • Hematologist
  • Hematology Physician

O*NET records 27 titles for this occupation in total.

What people in this job call themselves

Titles reported by people actually doing this work, which is often not the title on the job posting.

  • General Internal Medicine Physician
  • Internal Medicine Physician (IM Physician)
  • Medical Doctor (MD)

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
  • Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
  • Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  • Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly.
  • Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital.
  • Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
  • Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
  • Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.
  • Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
  • Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
  • Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
  • Provide consulting services to other doctors caring for patients with special or difficult problems.

19 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Allscripts Professional EHR
  • Billing software
  • Brickell Research Brickell Medical Office
  • ChartWare EMR
  • e-MDs software
  • e-MDs topsE&M Coder
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Email software
  • Epic Systems
  • Epocrates
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • Greenway Health PrimeSuite
  • Med Math
  • MedcomSoft Record

26 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Adult Magill forceps
  • Angiocaths
  • Auditory testing equipment
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Blood collection syringes
  • Colposcopes
  • Cryosurgical units
  • Dermal curettes
  • Desktop computers
  • Dictation equipment
  • Dressing forceps
  • Ear curettes

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • Epic
  • prescribe medications
  • immunize patients

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Reading Comprehension
  3. 03Complex Problem Solving
  4. 04Critical Thinking
  5. 05Judgment and Decision Making
  6. 06Science
  7. 07Social Perceptiveness
  8. 08Speaking
  9. 09Writing
  10. 10Active Learning

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Biology
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Psychology
  • Education and Training
  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Computers and Electronics

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 53%Post-Doctoral Training
  • 47%Doctoral Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Extensive Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Common questions

What does a General Internal Medicine Physician do?
Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Day to day that includes work like analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient and Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract.
What skills should a General Internal Medicine Physician put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a General Internal Medicine Physician list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Allscripts Professional EHR, Billing software, Brickell Research Brickell Medical Office, ChartWare EMR, and e-MDs software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover General Internal Medicine Physician work?
O*NET records 27 titles for this occupation, including Internal Medicine Physician, IM Physician, Internist, and Medical Doctor. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a General Internal Medicine Physician need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 53% reported their level of education as "Post-Doctoral Training". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a General Internal Medicine Physician role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

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  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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